| Definition | Loanword | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A dessert made of filo pastry and chopped nuts | B | Baklava | 100%
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| A cylindrical headdress with a black tassel attached to it; A city in Morocco | F | Fez | 100%
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| A couch; A former empire that spanned much of the Middle East | O | Ottoman | 100%
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| Food produced by the bacterial fertilization of milk | Y | Yogurt | 100%
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| A portable round tent often used by the nomadic tribes of Central Asia | Y | Yurt | 100%
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| A horse or oxen-driven carriage | A | Araban | 0%
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| relating to the countries of Southeast Europe | B | Balkan | 0%
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| A willd cat native to parts of Africa and the Middle East | C | Caracal | 0%
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| Stuffed dishes mainly including vegetables and leaves | D | Dolma | 0%
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| A political and military structure founded on the steppes of Asia | H/O | Horde / orda | 0%
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| An elite infantryman of the Ottoman Empire | J | Janissary | 0%
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| An imperial rank equal to the status of an emperor | K | Khagan / khatun | 0%
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| A leader of a nomadic tribe of the Central Asian steppes | K | Khan | 0%
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| An administrative division of the Ottoman Empire | S | Sanjak | 0%
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| A food made of leaves wrapped rolled around a filling | S | Sarma | 0%
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| A dynasty that ruled much of Persia and Central Asia | S | Seljuk | 0%
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| The practice of interacting with the spirit world through altered states of conciousness | S | {Shaman}ism | 0%
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| Protruding rock caused by wind abrasion and deflation | Y | Yardang | 0%
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